KEY FEATURES OF THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993

KEY FEATURES OF THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACT, 1993:

 

The Act come into force on the 28th day of September, 1993 and extends to whole of India. The Act has been framed with the object to provide for the constitution of a National Human Rights Commission, State Human Rights Commissions in States and Human Rights Courts for better protection of human rights and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. It has contained the following key features.

 

1. The Act gives the meaning of Human Rights.
2. The Act provides provisions to defend people from being violated in their rights. The constitutionally guaranteed rights to life, liberty, equality, and dignity are referred to as "Human Rights."
3. The Act contains provisions for protect all the rights from abuses of power committed by intervention of the state action.
4. It also provisions for necessary and efficient steps for obtaining redress in the event of a violation of rights.
5. It owes for investigation team for purposes of investigation and prosecution of offences arising out of violations of human rights.
6. The most important feature of the Act is that it constitutes the National Human Right Commission, State Human Rights Commissions, and Human Rights Courts to stop and prosecute serious violations of human rights.

Human rights are the inalienable rights of man, the protection of which is the primary responsibility of the state.